Contract for the Supply of an Automated Blood Culture System

Beaumont Hospital

The Contracting Authority intends to award a contract for the supply, support and maintenance of an automated blood culture system that is designed to detect microbial growth from blood systems. The required system will involve ‘walk-away' testing using a continuous monitoring instrument that agitates and incubates blood culture bottles, resulting in the early detection of positive cultures. The required system will be procured through the cost of specified consumables for an initial 4 year period. Following the expiry of this 4 year period, ownership of the system will be deemed to have transferred to the Contracting Authority. As a recurring option that may be availed of solely at the discretion of the Contracting Authority, subsequent 1-year contracts for the support of the system and the supply of all related consumables may be awarded until the system's obsolescence.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2015-02-09. The procurement was published on 2014-12-19.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

• Unitech Ltd. T/A Aquilant Scientific

Who?

• Beaumont Hospital

What?

• Biochemical analysers › Blood analysers
• Emulsions for photographic use › Culture medium

Where?

• Dublin

Procurement history

Date	Document
2014-12-19	Contract notice
2015-05-07	Contract award notice

Contract notice (2014-12-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Blood analysers
Quantity or scope:

The required system will be procured through the cost of specified consumables for an initial 4 year period. Following the expiry of this 4 year period, ownership of the system will be deemed to have transferred to the Contracting Authority. As a recurring option that may be availed of solely at the discretion of the Contracting Authority, subsequent one-year contracts for the support of the system and the supply of all related consumables may be awarded until the system's obsolescence.1 000 0003 000 000

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Supplies
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Blood analysers 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Beaumont Hospital
Postal address: Beaumont Road, Beaumont
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
Internet address: http://www.beaumont.ie 🌏
E-mail: tendering@beaumont.ie 📧
Phone: +353 18092658 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2014-12-19 📅
Submission deadline: 2015-02-09 📅
Publication date: 2014-12-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2014/S 248-438052
OJ-S issue: 248
Additional information

1) Please consult the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

Quantity or scope:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 💰
3 000 000 💰
Description of options:

Following the expiry of the initial 4-year contract term, subsequent 1-year contracts for the support of the system and the supply of all related consumables may be awarded until the system's obsolescence.

Reference number: Reference 2397
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity:

As per the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Economic and financial standing:

As per the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Minimum level(s) of standards:

As per the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Technical and professional ability:

As per the Invitation to Tender document, available to download from www.etenders.gov.ie

Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: N/A.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: To be agreed with the successful tenderer.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

If successful in this competition, a grouping will be expected to establish itself as a legal entity, with each party being jointly and severally liable, prior to entering into any contract.

Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Tender validity period: 012 months
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Greg O'Leary
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/403 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83608&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83608&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Reference 2397

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Central Office of the High Court, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Information about review deadlines:

The Contracting Authority will not enter into a contract with the successful tenderer until after the expiry of a standstill period of fourteen calendar days, this period commencing on the day after all tenderers are formally notified of the outcome of their tender submissions. This standstill period is being observed in accordance with S.I. 130 of 2010.

Source: OJS 2014/S 248-438052 (2014-12-19)

Contract award notice (2015-05-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Culture medium
Total value of the procurement: 764 000 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Culture medium 📦

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-05-07 📅
Publication date: 2015-05-12 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 091-163499
Refers to notice: 2014/S 248-438052
OJ-S issue: 91

Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 764 000 💰
1 028 000 💰

Procedure
Award criteria
Criterion: 1. Technical and Functional Merit of Proposed Instruments, Equipment and Consumables (30)
2. Technical and Functional Merit of Proposed Information Technology (10)
3. Proposed After-Sales, Support and Maintenance Methodology (15)
4. Whole Life Cost of System (40)
5. Proposed Percentage Rebate (5)

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2015-04-08 📅
Name: Unitech Ltd. T/A Aquilant Scientific
Postal address: Aquilant House, 21 Fonthill Business Park, Fonthill
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 22
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tenders@aquilantscientific.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.aquilantscientific.ie 🌏
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: 57582

Complementary information
Review body
Information about review deadlines:

The Contracting Authority did not enter into a contract with the successful tenderer until after the expiry of a standstill period of 14 calendar days, this period commencing on the day after all tenderers are formally notified of the outcome of their tender submissions. This standstill period was observed in accordance with S.I. 130 of 2010.

Source: OJS 2015/S 091-163499 (2015-05-07)

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